Algorithms are the new gatekeepers of queer culture, and they’re biased. In 2025, queer creators are dodging shadowbans, reworking language, and migrating to safer platforms to stay visible. Beyond the Algorithm is your guide to the hacks, battles, and resilience keeping LGBTQ+ voices online.

What happens when your history doesn’t fit on a form? This personal essay explores queer identity, diaspora, and the pain of being denied citizenship—offering a powerful reflection on how we claim to belong beyond borders, bloodlines, and binaries.

Being neurodivergent doesn’t cause queerness but it can make space for it. Here’s how ADHD, autism, and trauma shaped my non-binary identity and gender freedom.

The “unemployed friend on a Tuesday” meme is funny — but for many queer, nonbinary, and neurodivergent people, it’s not a joke. It’s our reality. In a world that demands productivity but offers little support, this post unpacks why non-traditional labour deserves respect — and how we reclaim value beyond the grind.

Coming out as non-binary isn’t a single milestone—it’s a lifelong, situational journey. In this personal essay, the editor reflects on what it means to come out again and again: to friends, family, in public, and most importantly, to yourself. It’s messy, powerful, exhausting—and deeply human.